Tétouan

تطوان

Province in the région of Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.

Population, 2024: 611,928
Since 2014: +11.2%
Households: 157,384
Communes: 22
Area: 1,925 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Tétouan 422,757
Grew the most: Azla +42.5%
Shrank the most: Al Kharroub −16.4%
Densest: Tétouan 6,092 people per km²

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 20.9%aged 10 and over27.5% in 201427.5% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 23.3%18.7% in 201428.4% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.7%aged 15 and over50.1% in 201422.4% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.7%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.83children per woman2.10 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.9%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 81.3%of settled households75.3% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Tétouan: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.0%	75 and over	3.3%
2.4%	70–74	2.3%
3.4%	65–69	3.3%
4.7%	60–64	4.8%
4.6%	55–59	4.9%
5.4%	50–54	5.6%
6.0%	45–49	6.1%
7.0%	40–44	7.1%
7.5%	35–39	7.6%
7.5%	30–34	7.8%
6.8%	25–29	7.1%
7.3%	20–24	7.4%
8.3%	15–19	8.1%
9.5%	10–14	9.1%
9.2%	5–9	8.7%
7.5%	0–4	7.0%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija99.0%
Tarifit3.8%
Tachelhit1.0%
Tamazight0.5%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.7%
French51.1%
English17.7%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot47.9%
Private car11.6%
Taxi11.6%
Bus8.4%
Doesn’t travel to work7.3%
Employer’s transport7.1%
Bike or motorcycle2.8%
Informal transport2.1%
Animal0.8%
Another way0.4%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 27.5%aged 10 and over20.9% in 202436.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.7%23.3% in 202431.2% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 50.1%aged 15 and over46.7% in 202423.1% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 94.6%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.10children per woman1.83 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 5.5%of people4.9% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.3people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 75.3%of settled households81.3% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Tétouan: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.8%	75 and over	2.6%
1.8%	70–74	2.0%
1.9%	65–69	2.0%
3.3%	60–64	3.0%
4.1%	55–59	3.9%
5.4%	50–54	5.5%
5.4%	45–49	5.7%
6.3%	40–44	6.5%
6.7%	35–39	7.0%
7.8%	30–34	8.0%
8.9%	25–29	8.9%
9.7%	20–24	9.6%
8.9%	15–19	9.0%
9.0%	10–14	8.7%
8.7%	5–9	8.6%
9.4%	0–4	9.1%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija99.7%
Tarifit4.6%
Tachelhit1.0%
Tamazight0.4%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic only40.3%
Arabic and French36.6%
Arabic, French and English12.5%
Other combinations10.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot53.6%
Taxi13.6%
Bus10.3%
Private car8.9%
Employer’s transport4.5%
Not stated3.4%
Works at home2.6%
Bike or motorcycle1.8%
Another way1.2%
Train0.0%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another in the commune33.2%
Their own neighbourhood32.2%
No fixed place12.5%
Another commune8.1%
Another province6.4%
Not stated3.4%
At home2.6%
Somewhere else1.6%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Crafts and skilled trades24.1%
Labouring and small trades16.5%
Clerical work14.8%
Farming and fishing10.4%
Trade and broking9.1%
Farm and fishing labour8.0%
Managers and senior professionals7.2%
Machine operating4.6%
Technicians3.0%
Not classified2.5%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma57.1%
Primary20.6%
Lower secondary11.3%
Upper secondary5.7%
DEUG or Licence4.1%
Master’s or doctorate1.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Tétouan’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings: 181,353
Standing empty: 35.7%12.3% vacant23.4% a second home
Precarious: 0.7%0.3% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 95.5%94.5% on the water mains95.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 1.0%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house59.2%
Apartment35.7%
Traditional house3.2%
Villa1.3%
Slum or basic house0.3%
Other0.3%
Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years57.5%
20 to 49 years36.2%
50 years or more6.3%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments: 23,16337.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 19,90785.9% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 52,3002.6 per business
Public services: 2,791
Associations: 465in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 7counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce54.1%
Services29.6%
Industry12.6%
Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person56.1%
2 to 334.4%
4 to 97.3%
10 to 491.8%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later30.5%
2011–201936.3%
2001–201018.0%
1991–20007.6%
1981–19903.5%
1956–19803.6%
Before 19560.5%

Douars

Tétouan’s rural communes hold 406 douars, with 171,854 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 8.6 km30.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 6.8 km21.6% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 7.7 km28.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.4 km1.9% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.8 km1.4% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Tétouan	urban	422,757	+11.0%	6,092
Azla	rural	22,985	+42.5%	350
Zaitoune	rural	13,492	+28.7%	212
Zaouiat Sidi Kacem	rural	12,851	+11.4%	92.6
Al Hamra	rural	11,877	+6.8%	86.5
Oued Laou	urban	11,690	+21.0%	395
Al Oued	rural	10,875	−3.7%	73.1
Mallalienne	rural	10,874	+18.5%	168
Bni Said	rural	10,465	+15.0%	147
Dar Bni Karrich	rural	10,115	+19.0%	354
Sahtryine	rural	8,733	+8.7%	82.4
Souk Kdim	rural	8,699	+11.2%	120
Zinat	rural	8,214	+7.1%	71.7
Saddina	rural	7,619	+14.2%	93.4
Ain Lahsan	rural	7,450	+10.5%	90.9
Bni Harchen	rural	6,423	−7.6%	35.3
Bghaghza	rural	6,238	−10.3%	72
Bni Leit	rural	5,004	−6.0%	52
Oulad Ali Mansour	rural	4,683	−11.7%	53.9
Bni Idder	rural	4,659	−3.4%	66.1
Jbel Lahbib	rural	4,126	+9.2%	65.8
Al Kharroub	rural	2,099	−16.4%	31.8

In the data

Code: 01.571
As digits: 01571
Record: /api/provinces/01.571.json
Communes: /api/provinces/01.571/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/01.571/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/01.571/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/01.571/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/01.571/housing.json

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